The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04
HIS LAST DAY OF FREEDOM.
HOW MODERN sLEUTHHOUNDS HARRY
1ffE POOR BURGLAR.
stery Of George Fcyth's Day Of wsrk and
Night OF Pleasure, ne Taken Down By


Not oil the romance has yet departed from
tho science OF the detection OF criminals. In
spite Of the commonplace theory Of Inspector
Byrnes, that tho best way to catch thief is to
catch him. Tho sleuthhound OF the dime novel
Is not 30 much an extinct species as great
many people wish no was. For public thieves,
boodlcrs and that ilk, and for the Bowery burg
lars and cheap Whyo toughs and their sort
the policy Of making criminals detect them
selves does well enough. but In the real aristo-
cratic circles OF thiefdom, tho circles whose
members ply their trade In tho haunts OF
those who have more money than they
know what to do with or more jewelry
than they can properly care for, there Is still
occasion for the services Of the old-fashioned
detective who detects. At least tho people
with tho money or tho jewels think there is,
which amounts to tho same thinR-for the de-
tectives. Given o case. with no stop order"
bureaus can turn out rs beautiful and sym
metrieal detective story as ever graeed the
pages Of fash weekly or Tss bred t, in the s ,PIa
Subject aH %isht be given By kid MeMaaSs
robbus BY asorgo yh lis assed
panion who has just played the coon act aud
come down with plea Of guilty; without ever,
recurring the detectives to fire OH their gun OF
In tho interest Of a good story this is ,unfor-
daWn eyh the q be- ne
ntiss tic snce WHEN aid The
knows as much about It as any one but the de-
tectives themselves. He says:
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thieves, no matter what 1t cost. We have two
q them and the others might qst as well come
ton Of time when we will have them. There Is
no possibility of their escaping except by death.
silesa for rse clue. and the successive steps from
bought. the discovery Of the man who bought
enough. but you have no idea Of the amount OF
on
big package the reports OF their work as they
were sent to me make. have received as
many as dozen or hlteen oinereht reports IN
:" "A fair sample Of the work Is that done on
t tive had bSen Watching him day and night for,
their evidence was completed, and they knew
he was being watched: Yet four men kept at
his heels day and night and ms s III 1s ~
was recorded ana % r me a
The reports MIR. Bowden received are as for
mai as the minutes Of the Aldermen. They
start of:
Je,ce,.srs Security Al,lanc. x.y Iorn an, .,a.o
tulser fspor o. 1us o5ps
Only the initials Of the, operatives" are
s pa msas Wh
proceedings on his last day at liberty starts on:
of 1 III ss'sy s fsms
and e. s Nv
esgass and NJ fos~ed and
oon ~ xn ana
few snen sa%s out sn and Essd e 80
walked 70 William simpson. once Delaney
snS o s me
thirty minutes then walked 70 the Mission aons. steps
:x;5 ,sao
out and saEsa Down to IS and
y whs,s he 95 shaS ~ VII
liam street %hers he showed one e ne Sorknsn e
Goar button a sa 10 III Fsyfs haa
sa S u MAIDEN sns Sssins$ short
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sS sd Se street to City
and the 's safe factory tor had esidenty all been Of
business nature, and tina. Peyth considered
is indicated BY the nature Of his proceedings
as indicated by the shsdowers,' report for the
Of III se aB br ss
reasons Of their own. but presumably
t the faithful 81 the
burglar report that after Earo crossing the
Sonsy sand doI sRey fas
and the party walked !. to Brighton BEACH.
cradle champagne and INDUCED considerable
tnebsety They cooled ,sd of By tr id to Man.
WEE The at the oentn the Sr time
merry and unconcerned as the best OF the
people they were meeting, and all the time fol-
WIZ The G seep
four manly bosoT N vho, n. ,o,.v ont ro,,v
The shadoWers followed. and at i:45 4 N: es-
TO go Spring street. where. at 2:s0 4. NJ. the
"oIeratives," according to orders, left him re-
Hs Was not
task. saw him home to his wife In Jersey. City
again after breakfast. and as he was setting
out for another days toll daT non TIE pawn
esss
that started with five yards OF black silesia
been worked out, that Feyth did not attempt
the bridgeport safe was under the pro,
oe erfs , like ae Goyernment tobacco cense
that is given by the Alliance to each member,
has frequently prevented thieves from touch
Store where the safe was. And yet this is
chiefly scare for the bridgeport one is the first
real fighting case the Alliance has had. Its
OF a few years ago. Then the goods were re-
covered and one thief arrested within Ml twenty
saon OF the What ts
emit case has cost the Alliance can be guessed at
from that-probably twice the total value OF
who never sleep come high, and detectives do
not 90 dry or lonely when thieves are giving
champagne dinners to lovely women ut Coney
Island.